Ian Flatters
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My way people charge £70-90 mainly because the climbers mostly charge between £100-£150. I guess the problem for groundies is there not a massive cost between that and the climber. Most companies including myself only really hire climbers unless it's a felling contract of course. Mainly because it gives me two options one saves me climbing and two because I have employees too I can do paperwork or other tasks.
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One of my climbers usually descends that way on removals. Sometimes we use it to run the pull/winch line through it if the grounds soft.
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The two sites from today.
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Do you charge more for commercial work
Ian Flatters replied to Dryad's saddle's topic in Business Management
Well said totally agree we came in at half the price of another company on some highways stuff. Then again i got told today for some light pruning work i was the most expensive. I think its how your company is setup. 2 men and a chipper around my way are cheaper than my 2 man team with a larger chipper. Scales of overheads i guess. -
We counted to 312 years off the stump. It was actually really tightly woven. Building is grade 2 but I haven't a clue of how old exactly.
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Cause I scarf the leaf out of it with an 88. Because it's taken that long to get permissions sorted, site meetings and contracting in an independent report that confirmed my concerns.
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Just spotted this in a picture. One cool dude.
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My cut foot ascender is spot on made totally awesome because of the latch that stops it un lipping mis climb.
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Today's task. We had to remove this lovely beech near to a grade II listed building. The only reason we felled it and were able to get the tpo lifted was a pocket of decay caused by dryads saddle. It was right were the twin main limbs joined and the risk of failure was on the limb which would cause catastrophic damage to the building. We spent about an hour setting two lines, then set the tension to pull evenly on then. 6:1 ratio used for capturing tension and the powers which to pull it over. The main stem was riddled with nails and as far as saws getting broke I think I hit a new high.
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Awesome buddy. Is that a huntsman spider?
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The trailer working at night.
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Blimey, not many elms that size around for removals. Nice!!
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Is this low impact rigging. Note the rigging lines are in the water.
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Hahaha I choked on some coke when I read that mark. I used the new plate to drag out the fast tow trailer as a mate wanted to borrow it to move some timber as someone had been visiting his site at night and borrowing his timber.
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Yep, it's quite nice burning. Doesn't happen very often with me. Didn't grab a cheque though as they now want to pay for the timber to be logged up.
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Today task was removing these two medium ash trees.
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Go! You only experience life if you take opportunities. Trust me that's from a guy who's turned down some offers and really regrets it especially when I saw the pics of them felling of the cliff tops.
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Try again.
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And a few off the phone. It was quicker to drop in the lake and utilise the skid steers dragging force. I let lucy the newest member of the team get some driving experience too. And the yew hedge the rest of the team had to recut.
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A couple off the works computer
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Throw line and throw weights and techniques
Ian Flatters replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Honestly Paul I've never had a stein one last more than 6 months before they started to fail. My flatimer one is nearly 8 years old. -
Throw line and throw weights and techniques
Ian Flatters replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Nice to see you for brunch today. -
Throw line and throw weights and techniques
Ian Flatters replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
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Exactly how I do it. It's just a lot easier.
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It's good to hear that your thoughts are the same as Adam Bournes. Two top guys giving advice is excellent IMO.
